2
DOE M 460.2-1A 6-4-08
DOE Headquarters organizations provide policy direction and oversight for packaging and transportation activities for their respective offices. The DOE Headquarters organizations responsible for shipments are the Offices of Environmental Management; Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology; Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM); and within National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Defense Programs; Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation; and the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program (NNPP). For most radioactive shipments, DOE field organizations are responsible for detailed planning and for ensuring that shipments are conducted in accordance with all applicable requirements and standards. The field organizations also serve as the primary points of contact for public and stakeholder interactions. 1.3 Requirements DOE works with DOT and NRC in developing requirements and standards for radioactive material transportation. DOT and NRC have the primary responsibility for Federal regulations governing commercial radioactive material transportation. DOE has broad authority under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (AEA), to regulate all aspects of activities involving radioactive materials that are undertaken by DOE or on its behalf, including the transportation of radioactive materials. DOE exercises this authority to regulate certain DOE shipments, such as shipments undertaken by governmental employees or shipments involving special circumstances. In most cases that do not involve national security, DOE utilizes commercial carriers that undertake DOE shipments under the same terms and conditions as commercial shipments. These shipments are subject to regulation by DOT, NRC and other entities as appropriate. As a matter of policy, however, all DOE shipments will be undertaken in accordance with the requirements and standards that apply to comparable commercial shipments, except where there is a determination that national security or another critical interest requires different action. This policy is set forth in DOE Orders 460.1B, Packaging and Transportation Safety , 460.2A, Departmental Materials Transportation and Packaging Management , and 470.4A, Safeguards and Security Program . In implementing this policy, DOE will cooperate with Federal, State, local and Tribal entities and utilize existing expertise and resources to the extent practicable. In all cases, DOE will achieve a level of protection that meets or exceeds the level of protection associated with comparable commercial shipments. 1.4 Shipments Covered by this Manual This Manual covers the majority of DOE off-site radioactive material shipments but not all materials and modes. The practices apply to the DOE radioactive material/waste shipments that represent the greatest percentage of radioactivity placed in the nation’s transportation system by DOE. Included are highway and rail shipments of spent nuclear fuel, high-level waste, tritium-bearing reactor components, LLW and MLLW, isotopes, and classified national security shipments. National security shipments include Naval spent fuel rail shipments under the cognizance of the NNPP and highway shipments of classified materials made by OST. Truck shipments of TRU waste are also covered. The Carlsbad Field Office (CBFO) has reached agreement with the 30 states and 10 tribes from which or through which it ships TRU waste. These shipping protocols are institutionalized in five documents, as follows:
Made with FlippingBook - Online Brochure Maker